Новости за 18.09.2016

SONOMA, Calif. — Andretti Autosport locked in driver Ryan Hunter-Reay and sponsor DHL Express through the 2020 IndyCar season. The contract extensions were signed Sunday before the season finale at Sonoma Raceway. Hunter-Reay had not been stressed about his future — his existing deal ran through 2017 — and he never considered testing the free-agent

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Maybe all the Carolina Panthers needed was to play someone other than the Denver Broncos. The league’s top-scoring offense from a year ago returned to form Sunday. Cam Newton threw for 353 yards and four touchdowns, and the Panthers overcame four turnovers to beat the San Francisco 49ers 46-27 in their home

BALTIMORE — Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 43rd home run to break an eighth-inning tie and carry the Baltimore Orioles past the Tampa Bay Rays, 2-1 on Sunday. Manny Machado also homered for the Orioles, who salvaged a split of the four-game series against the last-place Rays. Baltimore came in trailing first-place Boston by

LOS ANGELES — Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 73. Carr died Saturday of complications from a rare form of dementia in Los Angeles, Carr’s spokesman, Harlan Boll, said. At age 21, the actress portrayed

HOUSTON — DeAndre Hopkins got Houston going early and defense and special teams did the rest in a 19-12 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Hopkins had 113 yards receiving and a touchdown and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to help the Texans to the victory . Novak connected from 32, 24,

RIO DE JANEIRO — Man’s best friends and their owners have embraced the Olympic spirit by taking part in Brazil’s first Dog Olympic Games. Dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals in diving, jumping, swimming and running at Toto’s Park Club in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. A

PITTSBURGH — No chaos this time. No meltdowns either. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals stuck to football this time. And Ben Roethlisberger’s sharp second half gave the Steelers an early leg up in the race for the AFC North title by shaking off a pair of first-half interceptions to finish with 259 yards and

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have a brand new quarterback issue. Jimmy Garoppolo had three touchdown passes before leaving in the second quarter with a right shoulder injury as the New England Patriots outlasted the Miami Dolphins 31-24 on Sunday. It was the Patriots’ eighth straight home victory over Miami (0-2). It came

INDIANAPOLIS — A central Indiana food pantry damaged when a tornado swept through Kokomo last month has reopened following repairs. The Kokomo Urban Outreach food pantry saw a steady stream of visitors when it reopened last week with its shelves stocked once again with groceries. The pantry closed Aug. 24 after a tornado with winds

DETROIT — Marcus Mariota moved the Tennessee Titans down the field like a savvy veteran, not a second-year pro, and completed all nine of his throws to complete a comeback a week after his turnovers hurt his team’s shot to win. Mariota converted a fourth down with a perfectly lofted 9-yard touchdown pass to Andre

CLEVELAND — The Ravens were in a huge hole and about to be buried. Joe Flacco dug them out. Flacco threw two touchdown passes to wide receiver Mike Wallace and Baltimore, sparked by returning a blocked extra point, rallied from 20 down and beat the Cleveland Browns 25-20 on Sunday. Justin Tucker kicked three field

LANDOVER, Md. — Discussing Dak Prescott after the rookie quarterback’s first NFL victory, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones managed to throw in references to folks such as Troy Aikman, Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger — QBs with nine Super Bowl victories combined. Not bad company for a guy who was a fourth-round draft pick and

LINTON, Ind. — A popular southwestern Indiana birdwatching site will have a grand opening for its new visitor center this week. The 7,000-square-foot office and visitor center at Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area near Linton will have a grand opening ceremony at 2 p.m. Thursday. The visitor center also is featured in a new

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. — Officials believe a whale that washed ashore in New Jersey died due to human interaction. WCAU-TV in Philadelphia (http://6abc.cm/2dbtmdH ) reports that a necropsy on the 20-ton, 33-foot whale revealed it was emaciated. Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine say the whale may have been caught in

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — If you missed Victor Cruz’s clutch return to the NFL last week after missing more than a season, the 29-year-old New York Giants receiver offered an encore in Week 2. Cruz, who had a winning fourth-quarter touchdown catch against Dallas last week, hauled in a 34-yard third-down pass from Eli Manning

CINCINNATI — As he’s been doing almost every day since the All-Star break, Joey Votto hit everything the Pittsburgh Pirates threw to him on Sunday. Votto smacked his 25th homer, Tucker Barnhart tied his career high with four RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds snapped the Pirates’ four-game winning streak with a 7-4 victory. Votto finished

HAGATNA, Guam — A Roman Catholic administrator is urging the Vatican to remove Guam’s archbishop, who has refused to resign amid accusations of sexual abuse against altar boys. The move comes after a letter delivered in July from leaders in the Archdiocese of Agana did not move Archbishop Anthony Apuron to leave his post. Archbishop

NEW YORK — Their rotation ravaged, the Mets handed the ball to a rookie for his first major league start. Their late-inning relievers run down, they allowed a 33-year-old left-handed specialist to face the big leagues’ No. 2 home-run hitter with two outs in the ninth. With veterans tired after an extra-inning win, backups filled

OXFORD, Miss. — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says two destroyers will be named for Marines who received the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II. The 509-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will be the first ships named for Jack H. Lucas and Louis H. Wilson Jr., he said during a ceremony Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway

LONDON — The footballing divide in Manchester is becoming clearer a month into the season. On the blue side, Pep Guardiola is thriving at the start of his Manchester City career with five wins out of five in the Premier League. On the red side, Jose Mourinho is discovering the toils David Moyes and Louis

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s Supreme Court is considering whether recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings about juveniles convicted of murder mean a juvenile robber’s 99-year sentence is unconstitutional. Alden Morgan, 35, was 17-years-old when he used a gun to hold up a couple with their baby daughter and took their car. The gun went off but

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Landon Donovan scored his first goal since coming out of retirement two minutes after entering as a second-half substitute and the Los Angeles Galaxy tied Sporting KC 2-2 on Sunday. Donovan and the Galaxy announced his return on Thursday, ending a 21-month retirement to at least play the rest of this

TORONTO — Time is running out for the United States at the World Cup of Hockey. And it has only played one game. A loss to Team Europe on Saturday turned the pressure up for the U.S. going into its showdown against Canada on Tuesday. Lose that game, and it’s pretty much over. “That’s our

PORLAMAR, Venezuela — Member states of the Non-Aligned Movement called on Sunday for the United Nations to give more influence to developing countries. As the Cold War-era group wrapped up its 17th summit, its members said the U.N. should open the Security Council to more states and put more value on the self-determination of emerging

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lamar Jackson has become a leading Heisman Trophy contender on a Louisville team that has risen to No. 3 in the nation. The tough part for the Cardinals, now, is to stay composed on the road to a possible league title and shot at a national championship. “You know, it’s crazy but